AI, Empathy, and the Difference Between Language and Presence

AI can be useful. Sometimes very useful. It can help us reflect, organise our thoughts, and find language for what we sense but haven’t yet fully named. But useful is not the same as wise, and sounding empathic is not the same as being present. In this episode, I explore how I personally use AI, why I genuinely value it, where its limits are, and why tone, timing, embodied presence, and human discernment still matter.